Woman wounded in accidental shooting

Published: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 5:08 p.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 5:08 p.m.

A woman was admitted to a local hospital Wednesday after being shot in the abdomen, which her son said was an accident.

According to the Ocala Police Department, Edith Kerekes, 82, of Ocala, was in stable condition going into surgery.

Detectives were not able to interview her because of her condition.

They did interview her son, Attila Frank “Sonny” Kerekes, 55.

According to OPD reports, Sonny Kerekes, who moved in with his mother several months ago, told detectives he has owned the gun, a .38 revolver, which was his father’s, since his father died in the early 1980s.

He said he used the revolver to shoot sharks when he was a commercial fisherman in Miami. He said his mother wanted to see the gun, so he was taking it from a bag in which it had been stored. He said she was in the kitchen and he was in another room when the revolver accidentally went off and a bullet went through a wall.

He said he did not know his mother had been wounded until she told him about pain in her abdomen, at which point he called 911.

<p>A woman was admitted to a local hospital Wednesday after being shot in the abdomen, which her son said was an accident.</p><p>According to the Ocala Police Department, Edith Kerekes, 82, of Ocala, was in stable condition going into surgery.</p><p>Detectives were not able to interview her because of her condition.</p><p>They did interview her son, Attila Frank “Sonny” Kerekes, 55.</p><p>According to OPD reports, Sonny Kerekes, who moved in with his mother several months ago, told detectives he has owned the gun, a .38 revolver, which was his father's, since his father died in the early 1980s.</p><p>He said he used the revolver to shoot sharks when he was a commercial fisherman in Miami. He said his mother wanted to see the gun, so he was taking it from a bag in which it had been stored. He said she was in the kitchen and he was in another room when the revolver accidentally went off and a bullet went through a wall.</p><p>He said he did not know his mother had been wounded until she told him about pain in her abdomen, at which point he called 911.</p><p>The residence is located in the 3700 block of Northeast 21st Lane.</p>